A Mostly Online Doctoral Program for Educators

This Educational Studies Doctor of Education (EdD) degree provides working teachers
and administrators with access to a premier doctoral program in education. This mostly
online program features our Innovation and Education Reform Emphasis, preparing informed,
reflective and forward-thinking educational leaders who are prepared to implement
and study educational change in today’s rapidly evolving educational systems.

In the Innovation and Education Reform Cognate You will study...

Relationships between research, policy and practice in education

How to conduct, analyze and apply research of education

Issues surrounding curriculum, evaluation and implementation

Critical evaluation skills and perspectives of education and society

Ways to contribute to the improvement of education systems

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Dissertation (16 Hours)

Scholarly Paper Requirement

Students are required to submit for publication one paper to a professional journal
prior to dissertation proposal hearing. Other research endeavors prior to the dissertation
are encouraged. Students may takeEDF 795 Comprehensive Seminar (3)to support the writing of a scholarly paper.

Admission Requirements

Possess (or be in the process of finishing) a master's degree from a regionally accredited
college or university, or a comparable degree from a foreign institution.

Have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or better (on a 4.00 point scale) for the most recent
degree earned or current degree in progress. If you are still completing your master's
degree at the time you apply, admission will be based on your current cumulative GPA,
and you will need to re-submit your official transcript (showing your conferred degree
and final GPA) during your first semester. If your final GPA fell below 3.00, you
will be given additional requirements as defined by the academic program that must
be met within one calendar year to remain enrolled at UNC.

Minimum GRE score (taken within the last five years) of: 140 Quantitative, 146 Verbal Reasoning, and
a combined score of at least 297 with an analytic writing minimum of 3.5. Test scores
must be sent directly to the graduate school by the testing agency. UNC's institutional
code is R4074.

Eligibility by State

At this time, UNC can serve online education to students from every state, the U.S.
Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. We are not currently accepting students to our online
programs who reside in the CNMIs.

Because some states may have additional requirements or limitations for certain programs,
please check the following page to verify your eligibility. Note: if your state is
showing "limited authorization" it means you are likely eligible with additional documentation,
but please contact lisa.grimes@unco.edu for details.

International Student Eligibility

International students residing outside of the United States are eligible to apply
to our online programs. Applicants for online programs must demonstrate English proficiency
in order to be considered. Possible ways to demonstrate proficiency:

Qualifying test scores: TOEFL iBT: 80, IELTS: 6.5, PTE: 60

Completion of a degree in the U.S., or from an English speaking country (parts of
Europe, Canada), within the last two years.

For this program, you do not need to submit financial documentation with your initial application. You will need to submit financial documentation about 6-8 weeks before you plan to arrive
in the U.S. for your coursework (and again each time you travel to campus). The financial
documentation needs to demonstrate that you can pay for the cost of tuition and living
expenses for the days that you will be in the U.S. This is required before we can
provide you with a DS-2019 form, which you will need when you apply for a J1 visa.

Transferring Credit

Applicable graduate credit with a grade of A or B from a regionally accredited university
may be able to be applied towards this academic program. Doctoral students must complete
a minimum of 40 semester hours through UNC of the 64 minimum required for a doctoral
degree. If the program requirements exceed the 64 credit minimum, students are allowed
to transfer additional credits, as determined by their advisor. All work counted in
a doctoral degree program must be completed within eight years. The time limit is
calculated from the beginning of the first class transferred in and counted in the
degree program. See the full Graduate Transfer Credit Policy.

Students must submit an original transcript to their advisor for review. Student and
advisor then complete a (pdf) Transfer of Credit form to submit along with the original transcript to the Grad School for review and final
approval.

A student who possesses a specialist degree may count a maximum of 21 semester hours
of specialist work in the doctoral program with the approval of the Graduate School,
the program advisor, and all members of the doctoral committee. Schools may have requirements
that exceed the minimums established by the university.

Tuition

This is an Extended Campus program, which means:

A flat per-credit tuition rate for all students (in-state or out-of-state)

There are no student fees – they are incorporated into our flat tuition rate

Program tuition for the 2019-20 academic year (which runs Fall, Spring, and Summer
terms) is $600 per credit hour. Tuition for the 2020-21 academic year will be determined
mid-June 2020.

Financial Aid

Students who cannot pay for tuition alone are encouraged to apply for federal financial
aid. Students must first complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
The FAFSA priority filing date for each academic year (a Fall-Spring-Summer cycle
which begins each August) is March 1, although the form is now available by October
1 of the previous year and requests tax information from the year prior. For example,
the FAFSA form for aid for the 2020-21 school year is released on Oct. 1, 2019, and
is based off of 2018 tax return information.

Late submissions of the FAFSA are still accepted throughout the school year but you
may not be considered for the maximum amount of aid. If the March priority deadline
has passed for the upcoming/current school year, we encourage you to apply for FAFSA
consideration as soon as you enroll for your first courses. Depending on the time
of year, you may be able to submit an application for the current academic year and
an early/priority application for the following academic year.

Doctoral degree students must be enrolled in a minimum of 5 credits per academic term for financial aid eligibility. Full time
enrollment is based on 9 credits per term.

Students can also find helpful information such as the Guide to Federal Student Aid
at https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/resources. Most of the resources are available in English, Spanish, and Braille.

Student Health Insurance

The University of Northern Colorado offers a Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP)
to all degree-seeking students who enroll in courses on our main UNC Campus, an Extended
Campus Center, or Online.

Degree-seeking graduate students enrolled in 6 or more credit hours will automatically
receive this benefit each term. SHIP premiums will appear on your semester bill. If
you have comparable insurance coverage, and do not want to be charged for SHIP coverage,
you must opt out of this plan each Fall via an online waiver process.